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# clearance

«clearance» in Mova's school dictionary: **The act of clearing something away, like clearing land or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (clearance, uncountable; a clearance, clearances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The act of clearing something away, like clearing land or rubbish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#m1)

2) Official permission to do something, such as security clearance or clearance for a plane to land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#m2)

3) The amount of space between two things, like the height under a bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#m3)

4) A clearance sale: a sale with low prices to sell old stock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#m4)

5) (football, rugby) Kicking or heading the ball away from your goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and everyday safety, clearance signs show how high a vehicle can be to pass under a bridge. In shops, the clearance rack has cheap items. In history, the Highland Clearances were when people in Scotland were forced off their land in the 1700s and 1800s. Phrases: "clearance sale", "security clearance", "height clearance".

### examples

- The bridge has a clearance of 3.5 metres, so the lorry can't fit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#x1)
- I bought shoes in the clearance sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#x2)
- The pilot waited for clearance to land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#x3)
- The defender made a great clearance off the line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#x4)
- The Highland Clearances forced families from their homes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#x5)
- The council did a clearance of the old rubbish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/#x6)

### note

Countable or uncountable. In maths problems with clearance: a vehicle can pass only if its height is less than the clearance: 3.4 m < 3.5 m fits, 3.6 m does not.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clearance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clearance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.